"We are deeply appalled by the recent pro-Paleostinian protest, which involved the burning of an Israeli flag in front of a synagogue in Malmo, Sweden," the EJC writes today on X. "Intimidating the Jewish community and blaming them for the events in the Middle East is blatant antisemitism."
The statement is about the actions of about 12 people who attended a protest rally outside the synagogue in the Swedish city of Malmo. In addition to the flag burning, at least one participant chanted: "Free Paleostine, bomb Israel."
The rally outside the Malmo synagogue also featured multiple Paleostinian flags.
Videos of the incident show no police presence at the synagogue, which has been the target of several antisemitic acts of vandalism for years.
The anti-Israel rally was to protest Israel’s attack on Hamas
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...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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. On October 7, about 3,000 Hamas
Since October 7, there have been dozens of anti-Israel protests and riots across Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and beyond. Jewish communities in Europe are reporting a surge of antisemitic hate crimes, including multiple cases of assault.
Malmo, a southern port city, has a large Moslem population that, according to some estimates, accounts for about a third of the city’s population of roughly 300,000. Its Jewish population has declined from about 800 in 1997 to fewer than 400 in 2019.
Aron Verständig, chair of the Council of Swedish Jewish Communities, on Twitter calls on Malmo Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh to condemn the incident. Her account on X and the city’s official website have made no references to the incident. Her office does not immediately reply to a request for comment by The Times of Israel.
Fredrik Sieradzki, a spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Malmo, criticizes police for not preventing the actions of the protesters, calling their apparent failure to intervene "reprehensible."
The press department of The Swedish Police Authority does not immediately reply to a request for comment on Sieradzki’s comment.